No, I have a 2 drive LTO2 Library direct attached to the Legato Server.
This server has 2 Real LUNs assigned to it(the disk devices) and 3 Snapview
sessions(snapshots of LUNs which belong to other servers) attached to it.  I
can then clone/stage/backup to the Autoloader locally.

--Shawn

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From: "Marc Levitan" <marc.levitan AT PFPC DOT COM>
To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Networker] Advantages of disk to disk backup


> Shawn,
>
> Did you have to utilize a "Virtual Tape Library" component to make your
> CX600 look like a tape library?
> This is what I am being told in order to utilize disk backup over the SAN.
> Are you backing up data across a SAN or a LAN?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Marc
>
>
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> I am in the final stages of implementing Networker v7.0 Windows and a
CX600
> and I am very happy with the Advanced File type.  I have 2 500GB LUNs that
> are in the CX600 that are 2 separate file type devices.  I also utilize
EMC
> Snapview for "across the SAN" backups of 3 500+ GB LUNs.  I have quadruple
> Gig teamed NICs in each of my large servers including the backup server,
so
> I can feed the disk device pretty quickly, upwards of 50MB/sec.  One point
> of concern which I will have to solve logistically is that the stage from
> the disk device to tape has to de-mux the savesets and so far in testing
> has
> led to writing at less that full tape capacity.  I think it has to do with
> the many smaller system savesets intermuxed with the large ones.  But over
> all the disk device is definitely the way to go.
>
> --Shawn
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark T Wragge" <storage AT TTT DOT IE>
> To: <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:56 AM
> Subject: [Networker] Advantages of disk to disk backup
>
>
> Hi,  I am trying to determine the advantages of using disk to disk backup
> for a Networker server.  The networker server would have 500gb of disk and
> the total client data would be 200gb.  The client backups would be
> performed
> across the network as the disk is attached to the networker server. So my
> network will still be utilised by the backup,
>
> What kind of performance increase would I expect when using disk rather
> than
> tape? (I realise that the model of server/disk will effect this so in this
> case the disk will be internal to the compaq server).
> Will the benefits be enough to recommend disk to disk backup rather than a
> tape san?
> Can I configure a SAN storage node to use SAN disk as a file type device?
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,  Mark
>
>
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